Michele Ferrari was born on 26 March 1953 and is an Italian physician, cycling coach and author, who is mostly known for his role in supplying bicycle racers with performance-enhancing drugs, notably EPO.
14 Facts About Michele Ferrari
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Michele Ferrari was a consultant to the Italian Track and Field Federation from 1977 to 1980.
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Michele Ferrari became a specialist in sports medicine at the Sapienza University of Rome in 1981.
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Michele Ferrari was co-author of more than 20 papers in journals of sports physiology.
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Michele Ferrari studied parameters of athletes in a variety of sports, such as track and field, cycling, swimming, skiing, and speed-skating.
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From 1984 onwards, Michele Ferrari achieved extraordinary improvements in the fitness of many cyclists.
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Michele Ferrari popularised the use of VAM, a parameter now used in cycling as a measure of fitness and speed.
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Michele Ferrari was involved with the US Postal Service Cycling Team until October 2004, helping Armstrong train during several of his seven consecutive Tour de France victories.
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In October 2004, Michele Ferrari was sentenced to one-year prison and a fine of 900 euros, for sporting fraud and abusive exercise of the profession of pharmacist.
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Dr Michele Ferrari recommended I use Emagel the morning before controls, and another product to decrease my hematocrit.
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Michele Ferrari was acquitted of all charges against him on May 27,2006, because, according to the court, "the facts do not exist" to support the charges.
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On 13 June 2012, Michele Ferrari was officially charged by USADA with administration and trafficking of prohibited substances.
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In December 2012, Michele Ferrari still protested his innocence in an interview with Al Jazeera.
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In written testimony for the suit, Armstrong admitted under oath that Michele Ferrari had been one of four individuals who had supplied him with PEDs during his cycling career.